LEXINGTON, S.C. – A Columbia man accused of robbing a Lexington County convenience store last month was arrested Friday. Richard Dean Dougherty Jr., 60, is charged with armed robbery, according to an arrest warrant. “Based on the information detectives confirmed in this case, Dougherty went into a Bush River Road convenience store and indicated, by his […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Deputy Hannah Joslin knew she wanted to go into law enforcement since she was a child. Her dad is a retired state trooper, and her mom worked for an attorney. Joslin interned with a few law enforcement agencies in the Midlands before finding her way to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department through […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – A Lexington High School student was charged Thursday after sending a message to a student about a bomb inside a book bag. Deputies interviewed the male suspect, whose name will not be released because he’s under the age of 17, and determined he did not have any explosive devices in his possession. “Lexington County School District […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Master Detention Deputy LaTanya Pough started at the Lexington County Detention Center in July 2015. She knew from the start she wanted to be a field training officer, and the leaders in the Detention Center pushed her to grow. Pough appreciates the Detention Center emphasizing training with employees because it helped her […]
